i got those numbers from the logs of websites i host. most websites have logs kept on the server that can be distilled to give one incredible information on who comes from where when and for how long. one can actually follow every single click of a person thru the website. electronic footprints. each single click down to the tento or less of a second.
the log files are BIG text files. Each line is a request. each time someone clicks or lodas a page, requests are made for the html file and the image files.
each line, each request,, contains certain items in the log. these include the IP address of the requester, what page he is on, what he requested, the result of the request, the type of request, what browser they were using, where they went next. among other things.
its amazing the detail in it. takes a big ice tea and a nice sit back to peruse the information. yesterdays log for ac.com is
but the stats are often available in some form for free from your web host. the sites i host have an abbreviated version always available, thats what i showed above. i one takes those server logs and runs thrm thru software like webtrends, you get an incredible rich detailed snalysis of ones traffic. its beautiful to us nerdy ones. webtrends crunches all those requests into tables of numbers like how many came, when they came, where they came from, who came thru which search engines and with what words did they search by to get there, what times they came, what files were the most popular, average length of stay, how many return visitors, etc... charts and graphs and circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was to be used for.
great way to see if ads are working.